Ludwig van Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (1965/2012) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ludwig van Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (1965/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:19:15 minutes | 1.59 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: 30.IX & 1, 4-8, 11-13.X. 1965, Kingsway Hall, London, England

This is an ear-shattering performance of a masterpiece by the legendary composer Beethoven. His Missa Solemnis was written to inspire feelings of profound enlightenment executed brilliantly by this cast of exquisite musicians. Otto Klemperer built a formidable reputation as one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century and he is joined by Elisabeth Soderstrom, Marga Hoffgen, Waldemar Kmentt, Martti Talvela and the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus. Klemperer’s command of the score and control of the orchestra is magnificent and the soloists display masterful virtuosity. Absolutely essential.

With no slight intended to the other great recordings of the Missa Solemnis in the world, there’s this one and then there are all the rest. Truly. Even with the 1940 Toscanini and the 1974 Böhm, this 1965 recording of Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus embodies everything that’s great about the Missa Solemnis. And everything that’s great about late Beethoven is in the Missa Solemnis: the energy, the nobility, the strength, the vision, and — above all — the overwhelming sense that the numinous is imminent. Beethoven thought it was his best work and who could not agree? That’s what’s in Klemperer’s performance. His command of the score and control of the orchestra are complete, but it is Klemperer’s ability to take the musicians beyond themselves, to go beyond making music to be made music, and to incarnate Beethoven’s transcendent revelation in sound that puts this recording in a class of its own. Or rather, that puts it in the same exalted class as Klemperer’s German Requiem and St. Matthew Passion, the class of the sublime. EMI’s stereo sound was magnificent in its day and its remastering is ideal. -AllMusic Review by James Leonard

Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Missa solemnis, Op.123
1 Kyrie 9:26
Gloria
2 Gloria In Excelsis Deo 5:21
3 Qui Tollis 5:41
4 Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus 7:16
Credo
5 Credo In Unum Deum 4:17
6 Et Incarnatus Est 5:17
7 Et Resurrexit 11:06
Sanctus
8 Sanctus 5:29
9 Benedictus 10:19
Agnus Dei
10 Agnus Dei 6:03
11 Dona Nobis Pacem 9:10

Personnel:
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
Waldemar Kmentt, tenor
Marga Höffgen, contralto
Martti Talvela, bass
New Philharmonia Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor

About the Mastering
Four engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London have remastered these historic EMI recordings from their original analogue sources for release in pristine hi-def. Between them, Simon Gibson, Ian Jones, Andy Walter and Allan Ramsay have many years of experience remastering archive recordings for EMI and other record labels. The process always starts with finding all of the records and tapes in EMI’s archive in London and comparing different sources and any previous CD reissues. We consult each recording’s job file, which contains notes about the recording made by the engineer and producer. For example, this sometimes explain why there is more than one set of tapes to choose from. All of the tapes are generally in good condition and we play them on our Studer A80 π inch tape machine, after careful calibration of its replay characteristics.
In order to have the best digital remastering tools at our disposal for the remastering, we transfer from analogue to the digital domain at 96 KHz and 24-bit resolution using a Prism ADA-8 converter and capture the audio to our SADiE Digital Audio Workstation.
Simon Gibson, January 2012

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